Theodori Bezae Vezelii Poemata varia : sylvae, elegiae, epitaphia, epigrammata, icones, emblemata, Cato Censorius : omnia ab ipso auctore in vnum nunc corpus collecta & recognita
Theodori Bezae Vezelii Poemata varia : sylvae, elegiae, epitaphia, epigrammata, icones, emblemata, Cato Censorius : omnia ab ipso auctore in vnum nunc corpus collecta & recognita
Jacques Stoer finished printing the book after Estienne's death, apparently beginning with the Emblemata (p. 223-218); see Renouard
The present ed. includes 2 works in addition to those given on the t.p.: Abrahamvs sacrificans : tragoedia Gallicè à Th. Beza iam olim edita, recens verò Latinè à Ioanne Iacomoto Barrensi conuersa (p. [283]-343) -- Appendix ad Poemata (p. [344]-372)
Estienne device on t.p. Head- and tailpieces, decorated initials, scroll-work frames for section titles. Illustrations to the Emblemata (p. 223-267) are enclosed within decorative frames; those on p. 264-267 are empty
Signatures: [paragraph mark] [2 paragraph marks] a-z A-Z Aa
Binding: black goatskin over pasteboard, ca. 1900. Gold tooled on boards, spine, edges, turn-ins. Spine title: THEODORI / BEZAE / VEZELII // POËMATA / VARIA // 1597. The edges gilt
Library's copy has extensive bibliographical annotation on both sides of front free endpaper preceding t.p. Mounted on t.p. verso is small engraving of Prudentia
Notes
Irregular pagination. Some duplicate and misprinted page numbers. Narrow margins. Gutter included to avoid cropping text. Some text impossible to capture. No Table of Contents.